Afghanistan is on the brink of humanitarian disaster – and the West is culpable
It is not the Taliban but the millions of Afghans facing starvation who will be most hurt by sanctions and…
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Yogita Limaye’s Diary: The mercurial Taliban, selling children to survive, and the betrayal of Afghan women
In Kabul, a Taliban spokesman tells me girls were staying home from school of their own accord.
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Afghanistan shows the American dream of remaking the world is over
If the US’s occupation of Afghanistan was a failed exercise in nation-building, its withdrawal could mark a long overdue shift…
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Can G20 leaders keep their promise to prevent economic collapse in Afghanistan?
Saving the country from economic ruin will be difficult without normalising the Taliban’s hold on power.
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Exclusive polling: majority of British voters do not think Afghanistan mission was a success
Nearly half ultimately think the government was wrong to intervene in Afghanistan in 2001.
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Jeremy Bowen’s Diary: Where the West went wrong in Afghanistan, the ruins of Helmand, and my sharp new attire
I first met the Taliban in 1994, two years before they took power. I never thought I would be dealing…
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Why Afghan refugees in the US deserve more
Reports of clothing and food shortages have arisen among those awaiting resettlement.
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John Simpson’s Diary: crossing the Khyber Pass, why the Taliban is a problem for Imran Khan, and my biblical comeback
The Taliban’s leaders want to show the group has modernised – but it will be the same as it ever…
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How Secunder Kermani became the face of the BBC’s Afghanistan coverage
With his outstanding reporting and ability to win trust and respect, the BBC has a new star.
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US power after Afghanistan, with Bruno Maçães
Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC and Ido Vock in Berlin host the New Statesman’s weekly global affairs podcast, World Review.
Why Joe Biden got everything wrong in Afghanistan
The Biden administration’s view of the world as a diplomatic conversation was disconnected from reality.
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Yalda Hakim’s Kabul notebook: Two faces of the Taliban, a violent new chapter, and why the Afghan War is not over
With Isis putting the lie to assertions that the terrorist threat has been dealt with, the West may soon discover…
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Why the Biden administration should not sanction the Taliban
Embargoes will almost certainly hurt the people of Afghanistan more than the Taliban itself.
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Can the West exert any influence over the Taliban?
Foreign aid, without which Afghanistan’s economy could collapse, gives the outside world some leverage.
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How should American credibility be judged after Afghanistan?
If US credibility can only be shown through militarily occupying another country, then perhaps it wasn’t worth much to begin…
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How many people has the UK evacuated from Afghanistan?
MPs say only a fraction of people contacting them have managed to get out of the country.
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Who are IS-K and what do they want?
The terrorist group behind the Kabul airport attack has long-standing differences with the Taliban.
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Explosions at Kabul airport: what we know so far
Western intelligence agencies had warned of an “imminent, credible, lethal threat” of a terrorist attack.
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What will happen to the people left behind in Afghanistan?
A largely untold horror is unfolding at the Afghan-Pakistan border as people gather to flee but with little or no…
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First Thoughts: History repeating, the Taliban’s populism, and Rupert Murdoch’s sensitive side
In 1842, in a similarly chaotic fashion as today, the British evacuated 16,000 troops and civilians from Afghanistan.
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